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David Folkenflik / NPR:
Behind Fox News' Baseless Seth Rich Story: The Untold Tale — The Fox News Channel and a wealthy supporter of President Trump worked in concert under the watchful eye of the White House to concoct a story about the murder of a young Democratic National Committee aide, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Former Fox News Executive Said to Be Considered for White House Job — Bill Shine, a former co-president of Fox News and top lieutenant to the network's founder, Roger Ailes, has spoken with White House officials about taking a position on President Trump's communications team, according to several people briefed on the discussions.
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Oliver Darcy / CNNMoney:
Lawsuit: Fox News concocted Seth Rich story with oversight from White House
Lawsuit: Fox News concocted Seth Rich story with oversight from White House
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sean Spicer claimed to be unaware of Seth Rich story after meeting with donor who pushed it
Sean Spicer claimed to be unaware of Seth Rich story after meeting with donor who pushed it
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Eric Boehlert / Shareblue:
Fox News sued for cooking up fake news with Trump about murdered DNC staffer
Fox News sued for cooking up fake news with Trump about murdered DNC staffer
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Jake Tapper / CNN:
White House officials tricked by email prankster — (CNN)A self-described “email prankster” in the UK fooled a number of White House officials into thinking he was other officials, including an episode where he convinced the White House official tasked with cyber security that he was Jared Kushner …
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Associated Press:
Kelly flexes muscle his first day on the job at White House — https://apnews.com/290dfd4f9e364a29ba0e 4d7f6e7ad9aa — Link copied! — WASHINGTON (AP) — Raised voices could be heard through the thick door to the Oval Office as John Kelly — then secretary of Homeland Security — offered some tough talk to President Donald Trump.
The Daily Beast:
Trump's New Chief John Kelly Reaches Out to Top Dems to Save White House's Agenda … Fresh off a stinging health-care defeat and with internal chaos embroiling the Trump administration, White House aides are signaling newfound openness to working with congressional Democrats—or, at least …
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Coast Guard ‘will not break faith’ with transgender members, leader says
Coast Guard ‘will not break faith’ with transgender members, leader says
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
SENATE REPUBLICANS TO TRUMP: Thanks for the advice, but we're moving on from health care …
SENATE REPUBLICANS TO TRUMP: Thanks for the advice, but we're moving on from health care …
Neal Rothschild / Axios:
Pro-Trump media is getting harder to ignore
Pro-Trump media is getting harder to ignore
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Eric Trump: I Want Somebody To Start Fighting For My Father
Eric Trump: I Want Somebody To Start Fighting For My Father
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John Podesta / Washington Post:
The best advice I could have given to John Kelly: Don't do it!
The best advice I could have given to John Kelly: Don't do it!
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Ashley Feinberg / Wired:
Kushner On Middle East Peace: “What Do We Offer That's Unique? I Don't Know.” — ON MONDAY, WHITE House senior advisor Jared Kushner spoke to a group of congressional interns as part of an ongoing, off-the-record summer lecture series. During the question-and-answer portion of the event …
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Reuters:
North Korea can hit most of United States: U.S. officials — Idrees Ali and Phil Stewart — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea's latest test of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) has shown that Pyongyang now may be able to reach most of the continental United States, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday.
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TMZ.com:
Anthony Scaramucci Mum On Goodbyes to Trump, Send-off Message for Gen. Kelly — Anthony Scaramucci is not done with D.C. yet — the morning after he bolted from the White House, he was cruising out of the Trump Hotel ... and talking about his future. — This is the first time the Mooch …
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Andrew Joyce / Mic:
Democratic rising star Kamala Harris has a “Bernieland” problem — Freshman Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) has recently become the subject of much speculation about a potential 2020 presidential run. Several major news outlets have run feature-length profiles of Harris …
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Jess Bravin / Wall Street Journal:
Acting DEA Chief Rebuts Trump's Remarks on Police Use of Force — Rosenberg memo to agency staff says to disregard suggestion that suspects should be roughed up — WASHINGTON—The nation's top narcotics officer repudiated President Donald Trump's remarks about police use of force …
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Damian Paletta / Washington Post:
Debt-ceiling talks between White House, Senate break up with no progress — Talks between the White House and the Senate's top Republican and Democrat broke up Tuesday with no progress on raising the country's debt ceiling, an impasse that threatens a financial crisis if left unresolved.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Mnuchin pushes for ‘clean’ debt ceiling boost
Washington Post:
Trump dictated son's misleading statement on meeting with Russian lawyer … On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Germany last month, President Trump's advisers discussed how to respond to a new revelation that Trump's oldest son had met with a Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyer repeatedly denied Trump was involved in Trump Jr.'s statement. But he was.
Trump's lawyer repeatedly denied Trump was involved in Trump Jr.'s statement. But he was.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama's Inner Circle Is Urging Deval Patrick to Run — BOSTON — Barack Obama is nudging him to run. His inner circle is actively encouraging it. Obama world's clear and away 2020 favorite is sitting right here, on the 38th floor of the John Hancock Building, in a nicely decorated office at Bain Capital.
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The Daily Beast:
Corey Lewandowski Has Been Fired From The One America News Network … Corey Lewandowski has been fired. Again. — Three sources with knowledge of the situation tell The Daily Beast that the former Trump campaign manager and current informal adviser to the president has been let go from …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline:
‘Black America’: Amazon Alt-History Drama From Will Packer & Aaron McGruder Envisions Post-Reparations America — EXCLUSIVE: A century and a half after slavery was abolished in the U.S., the wounds left by one of the darkest periods in American history are far from healed …
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Ken Buck / Denver Post:
The Republican Party is dead — The Republican Party is dead. — At one time, the blood of the people coursed through its veins, enlivening the party with their values and virtues, their goals and dreams. The party became its own energizing force, compelling people to sacrifice for a higher moral purpose.
Bari Weiss / New York Times:
When Progressives Embrace Hate — A mere half-year ago, before collusion and Comey, before Mika's face and Muslim bans and the Mooch, there was a shining moment where millions of Americans flooded the streets in cities across the country to register their rage that an unapologetic misogynist had just been made leader of the free world.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
State Department considers scrubbing democracy promotion from its mission — Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has ordered his department to redefine its mission and issue a new statement of purpose to the world. The draft statements under review right now are similar to the old mission statement …
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Sarah Kliff / Vox:
The last GOP health plan left standing, explained — Senate Republicans rejected four different Obamacare repeal plans last week. — Now just one remains — and in many ways, it's the most radical one yet. — The last health care plan standing, at least for now, is one offered by Sens. Bill Cassidy …
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
GOP leaders say it's time for Senate to move on from health care
GOP leaders say it's time for Senate to move on from health care
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